Nova Scotia’s law society won’t appeal Trinity Western ruling to Supreme Court
HALIFAX — The society representing Nova Scotia’s lawyers says it won’t take its fight against accreditation for graduates of Trinity Western University law school to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Last month, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal upheld a decision allowing graduates of the Christian university law school to article or practice in the province.
The British Columbia school is under scrutiny for its controversial “community covenant” or code of conduct for students, which among a list of requirements, forbids sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage.
The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society amended its regulations in April 2014 to say the Trinity Western requirement represented unlawful discrimination against gays and lesbians, launching a legal battle similar to one playing out in Ontario and B.C.